Hellsing Ultimate

*Anarky* · 03-13-2006, 05:57 PM

It's out! I don't know how long it's been around but one of my favourite anime-series is getting remade. There's one major bummer with the whole thing, but other than that, it's great.

So, the first episode is out, with subtitles, good subtitles even, and it kicks major ass. It's basically a quick recap of the first couple of episodes, completely new animated and looking better than ever. And all our favourite characters are there, from Walter to Alexander Anderson. There are some minor changes to the story, but it's nothing big.

So, picture's good, story's good, what's left? The sound. You remember the OST of the original series, sorta Jazz-ish? Good, they dropped that and replaced it with a somewhat generic electronic soundtrack. Also, the characters have new voice-actors, which are undoubtedly good, but not the goodness the old ones had. And they finally refer to Alucard as "Count" once. So he is indeed Alucard and not Alacard (which so reminds me of "A la carte") or Alacart. Integra however seems to be as cool as she always was, so she's the only character I can't complain about.

Now a little something about the "Hellsing Ultimate"-project, there's big news there. The project will finish in late 2008, early 2009, so it's three years. The number of episodes is yet unknown and the story will stick closer to the manga than the old series did. Also, the art is more like in the manga, most noticeable when the characters are smiling. So my hopes are high of seeing Zombie Nazis in London. That would be unbelievably cool.

So, who's seen it? How did you like it? What was good, what was bad? What are your hopes for future episodes (and if you decide to spoil story-elements, please use the spoiler-tags)?

03-13-2006, 05:57 PM	#1
Anarky Outlaw Hero Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Tannhauser Gate Posts: 4,867	Hellsing Ultimate It's out! I don't know how long it's been around but one of my favourite anime-series is getting remade. There's one major bummer with the whole thing, but other than that, it's great. So, the first episode is out, with subtitles, good subtitles even, and it kicks major ass. It's basically a quick recap of the first couple of episodes, completely new animated and looking better than ever. And all our favourite characters are there, from Walter to Alexander Anderson. There are some minor changes to the story, but it's nothing big. So, picture's good, story's good, what's left? The sound. You remember the OST of the original series, sorta Jazz-ish? Good, they dropped that and replaced it with a somewhat generic electronic soundtrack. Also, the characters have new voice-actors, which are undoubtedly good, but not the goodness the old ones had. And they finally refer to Alucard as "Count" once. So he is indeed Alucard and not Alacard (which so reminds me of "A la carte") or Alacart. Integra however seems to be as cool as she always was, so she's the only character I can't complain about. Now a little something about the "Hellsing Ultimate"-project, there's big news there. The project will finish in late 2008, early 2009, so it's three years. The number of episodes is yet unknown and the story will stick closer to the manga than the old series did. Also, the art is more like in the manga, most noticeable when the characters are smiling. So my hopes are high of seeing Zombie Nazis in London. That would be unbelievably cool. So, who's seen it? How did you like it? What was good, what was bad? What are your hopes for future episodes (and if you decide to spoil story-elements, please use the spoiler-tags)? __________________ Because it's... I dunno... brutal.